We contribute to disaster relief efforts in partnership with Nokia Siemens Networks (NSN). Nokia donates cash and phone handsets to relief organizations, while NSN helps to rebuild communications infrastructure. In 2007 we donated to several relief organizations for disasters in Chile, Peru, Ghana, Greece, the USA and Bangladesh.

In disaster relief Nokia cooperates and supports international relief agencies, such as the Red Cross/red Crescent, UN organizations and leading national relief organizations.

As well as providing immediate aid, we want to play a role in the long-term reconstruction of communities affected by disasters. For example, we created the Tsunami Reconstruction Initiative in partnership with the International Youth Foundation (IYF) and the Grameen Foundation to help long-term recovery efforts in regions affected by the 2004 Tsunami.

The initiative is designed to help young people in affected areas of India, Indonesia, Sri Lanka, and Thailand to find jobs or set up small businesses – thus creating long-term livelihoods. Over the three years following its launch in 2006, the €2.5 million program will provide more than 5 600 young people aged 16 to 29 with access to job and life skills training, apprenticeships, job placements, and loans.

By the end of 2007, the initiative had impacted the lives of 2 420 young people, provided 1 860 loans and helped to establish 1 730 businesses.